Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 1987
Abstract
Social movements are collective actions in which the populace is alerted, educated, and mobilized, over years and decades, to challenge the powerholders and the whole society to redress social problems or grievances and restore critical social values. By involving the populace directly in the political process, social movements also foster the concept of government of, by, and for the people. The power of movements is directly proportional to the forcefulness with which the grassroots exert their discontent and demand change. The central issue of social movements, therefore, is the struggle between the movement and the powerholders to win the hearts (sympathies), minds (public opinion), and active support of the great majority of the populace, which ultimately holds the power to either preserve the status quo or create change.
Recommended Citation
Moyer, B. (1987). The movement action plan: A strategic framework describing the eight stages of successful social movements. Retrieved from http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/moyermap.html
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